When Blake Lively, who rose to fame in the 2000s in Gossip Girl, was cast as the main character, fans became even more excited, describing her as the perfect choice to play Lily Bloom, a young woman who grew up witnessing domestic abuse and winds up in the same position years later.

"It Ends With Us" set complaints, cast factions, a smear campaign and now a lawsuit – here's how it all went down